Modbury Primary School

Modbury Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good rating across all key areas such as the quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. The school is integral to its community, where pupils feel safe, supported, and proud to be part of their school. The curriculum is ambitious and designed to connect with the local environment while also broadening students' perspectives. The school has made significant improvements since the last inspection, resulting in enhanced educational outcomes and well-structured support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Despite these strengths, there are some areas for growth. While the curriculum is well-planned, implementation varies across subjects, and not all staff possess the required expertise to deliver the content effectively. As a result, some pupils do not achieve their full potential due to mismatches between their abilities and the work assigned to them. The school recognizes these challenges and is actively working towards enhancing staff training and adapting learning activities to better meet pupil needs.

Strengths

• Pupils benefit from an ambitious curriculum that incorporates local and global perspectives.
• Strong support and tailored provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Effective use of assessment in mathematics, helping pupils confidently process mathematical concepts.
• Pupils develop leadership skills through participation in councils and community projects.
• Teachers build positive relationships with pupils, fostering a safe and respectful school environment.
• A well-resourced early years environment that reflects children's interests.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff lack adequate training to deliver all aspects of the curriculum effectively.
• Learning activities are not always well-adapted to meet the diverse needs of all pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Modbury Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Modbury Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Modbury Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.4% of pupils at Modbury Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

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What is Modbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Modbury Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Modbury Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Modbury Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Modbury Primary School have?

Modbury Primary School has 152 pupils on roll.

What age range does Modbury Primary School cover?

Modbury Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Modbury Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Modbury Primary School?

Modbury Primary School is at Barrack Road, Modbury, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 0RB.